Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Venture capital (VC) investors play an important role in advising, monitoring, and providing expertise to entrepreneurial startups. A key, yet often overlooked, feature of VC investments is that VC portfolios tend to include many startups in the same industry.

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Finance 143

Startup Valuation Blog

JUNE 3, 2023

let's dive into the article to explore the fascinating world of venture capitalists and angel investors and their approaches to the valuation puzzle in startup funding. Introduction When it comes to funding startups and entrepreneurial ventures, venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors play vital roles.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 26, 2023

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, May 26, 2023 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of May 19-25, 2023 Investment Stewardship 2022 Annual Report Posted by John Galloway, Vanguard, Inc.,

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Equity Technology Banking Marketability 187

Law 360 M&A

MAY 7, 2024

Carl Marcellino at Ropes & Gray discusses the factors bolstering appetite for growth equity fundraising in a depressed M&A market, and walks through the deal terms and other ingredients that set growth equity transactions apart from bread-and-butter venture capital investing.

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Equity Marketability 52

Benzinga

MAY 10, 2024

SoftBank Group Corp’s (OTC: SFTBF ) (OTC: SFTBY ) founder Masayoshi Son is pivoting from venture capital to investments in semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI). Since the end of 2021, the firm’s flagship Vision Fund has been divesting or marking down billions of dollars in publicly listed holdings.

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Technology 52

Benzinga

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Digital investment platform Webull Corporation is going public via a SPAC merger announced Wednesday. What Happened: The digital investment company will merge with publicly listed SPAC SK Growth Opportunities Corporation (NASDAQ: SKGR ). The deal values the digital investment platform company at an enterprise value of $7.3

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Lighter Capital

AUGUST 25, 2023

We’ve all read the headlines: SaaS Startup Raises $100M in Venture Capital to Disrupt Market with Its Innovative Solution It seems so common, but is it really? Venture capital funding is to tech startups what the Wizard of Oz was to Dorothy. Founders often wonder: Is venture capital worth it?

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Venture Capital Fund Equity Marketability Finance 92

Lighter Capital

JANUARY 12, 2024

There comes a time in a startup's journey to success when entrepreneurs need to raise their first round of growth capital. When you first had that great idea, you may have raised money from friends and family or seed capital from angel investors to get your startup off the ground. They might invest in one. What's next?

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Start-ups Finance Marketability Equity 105

Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Tags: Delaware articles , Delaware cases , Delaware Court of Chancery , Delaware law , Shareholder meetings , stock splits Disgorgement Accounting After Liu v.

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Equidam

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This allows the corporation to hedge against innovation in a cost-effective manner, with options to either incorporate successful ventures into the parent company, or spin them out. Private venture studios are typically attached to a fund raised from LPs, in much the same way than a venture capital firm may operate.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 19, 2024

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, January 19, 2024 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of January 12-18, 2024 Spillover Effects of Mandatory Portfolio Disclosures on Corporate Investment Posted by Jalal Sani (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), (..)

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Compliance Finance Equity 100

NYT M&A

JUNE 4, 2023

of a $1 billion investment venture backed by RedBird Capital Partners and International Media Investments, an Emirati firm. Zucker is C.E.O.

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Start-ups Mergers & Acquisitions Equity 76

Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 23, 2023

Opponents of ESG have coalesced at the state level, enacting legislation targeting the consideration of ESG factors in the investment decisions of state pension fiduciaries and proxy advisors. Meanwhile, companies continue to be inundated with shareholder proposals that overwhelmingly seek the expansion of ESG commitments.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Former CNN head Jeff Zucker is joining forces with Paul Hastings-led Middle Eastern firm International Media Investment to launch Red Bird IMI, a sports and entertainment investment joint venture, using $1 billion in secured capital for its launch, according to a Tuesday announcement.

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 13, 2024

Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms. Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity.

Equity 101

Equity Start-ups Marketability Banking 101

Equidam

JUNE 8, 2023

For over a decade Equidam has supported founders (and investors) with the challenge of setting a fair valuation for their ventures. When we started, in 2012, valuation was a hot topic in the fundraising process and venture capital was not as easy to come by.

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Start-ups Finance Equity Marketability 77

Equidam

MAY 12, 2024

In a difficult environment for founders and investors, AI startups have been the obvious outlier with their ability to raise capital on generous terms. It would be easy to assume that we are amidst an incredible new wave of innovation, producing such a flare of enthusiastic capital deployment and dominating conversations in tech.

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Technology Marketability B2B EBITDA 61

Mckinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Both large corporations and start-ups have much to gain from collaboration, but corporate venture capital investments need a clear strategy, focus, and operating model.

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Start-ups Corporate Finance Finance 91

Business Wire M&A

MAY 2, 2023

Morgan (NYSE: JPM) today completed its previously announced acquisition of Aumni, a leading provider of investment analytics software to the venture capital industry. Aumni also complements the recent launch of Capital Connect by J.P. Aumni also complements the recent launch of Capital Connect by J.P.

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Marketability 98

Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 28, 2023

BlackRock to Expand Proxy Voting Choice to Its Largest ETF Posted by Joud Abdel Majeid, Salim Ramji and Jessica Burt, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock to Expand Proxy Voting Choice to Its Largest ETF Posted by Joud Abdel Majeid, Salim Ramji and Jessica Burt, BlackRock Inc.,

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Compliance Marketability 177

Vested

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The world of venture capital has more cash available than ever before, and, contrary to belief, they still want to invest it. But, it’s no secret that investment volumes have decreased.

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Benzinga

MARCH 5, 2024

Singapore state-owned investment firm Temasek is in talks with artificial intelligence (AI) developer OpenAI about investing in the company. Benzinga contacted both Temasek and OpenAI for comment. Temasek replied saying that “as a matter of policy, we decline to comment on market speculation.”

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Venture Capital Fund Marketability Finance Equity 52

Reynolds Holding

MAY 14, 2024

Operating without the conventional voting rights of board members, these individuals have become pivotal in bridging the gap between ambitious startups and their venture capital (VC) backers, representing investor interests without the formalities and direct liabilities of board membership.

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Private Equity Firm Compliance Equity 72

Benzinga

MAY 2, 2024

NEW YORK, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jaguar Growth Partners ("Jaguar"), a privately-held investment management firm specializing in real estate private equity globally, today announced the acquisition of four distinct multi-family buildings in New York City with a combined purchase price and re-development cost of $24 million.

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Marketability Equity 45

Lighter Capital

APRIL 4, 2024

While higher interest rates and inflation contributed to a decline in deals and dollars invested in tech businesses overall, AI startups in the U.S. still claimed one of every three dollars invested last year, thanks to several megadeals. How Much Money Is Invested in AI Startups? billion was invested through nearly 500 deals.

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Finance Equity Start-ups Marketability 45

Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 24, 2023

Venture capital firm Thrive Capital said Tuesday it has secured a minority investment from a group of five billionaire business magnates including Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger and KKR & Co. co-founder Henry Kravis.

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IVSC

JUNE 12, 2023

She is also the global leader of Kroll' Valuation Digital Solutions group, which produces the cost of capital thought leadership content and data housed in the Cost of Capital Navigator. Carla is also one of Kroll' experts in addressing valuation issues related to cost of capital.

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Risk-free Rate Intangible Assets Appraisal Business Valuation 130

Benzinga

MARCH 22, 2024

TORONTO, March 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ThreeD Capital Inc. About ThreeD Capital Inc. ThreeD is a publicly-traded Canadian-based venture capital firm. All securities issued and issuable in connection with the Private Placement are subject to a statutory hold period expiring on July 23, 2024.

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Technology 40

Viking Mergers

MAY 11, 2022

Private equity is a type of private financing that involves funds and investors directly investing in companies or buying owners out of their companies. Myth 1: Private equity is the same as venture capital. Private equity is not the same as venture capital. 6 Common Myths about Private Equity Buyers.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 6, 2023

The unknown risk was that SVB’s over 35,000 corporate clients – and activity within them – were controlled by a small number of venture capital companies and moved their deposits in lockstep. It is unlikely that any recent change in regulatory requirements would have made a difference in what followed.

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Banking 241

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In this post, I will look at how markets did during the third quarter of 2023, and use that performance as the basis for examining risk capital's presence (or absence) in markets. The Markets in the Third Quarter Coming off a year of rising rates in 2022, interest rates have continued to command center stage in 2023.

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Marketability Start-ups Risk Premium Treasury 104

Benzinga

APRIL 15, 2024

TORONTO, April 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ThreeD Capital Inc. "We are delighted to unveil our strategic partnership with ThreeD Capital Inc., This collaboration aligns with our commitment to investing in new technologies and ventures with. per common share. "We a pivotal moment for Lophos Holdings Inc.

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Technology 40

Law 360 M&A

JUNE 12, 2023

Alternative investment company Blackwells Capital LLC urged shareholders Monday to back the proposed merger of two real estate investment trusts after settling litigation over allegations of a secret joint venture and blocked board of director nominees.

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Benzinga

MAY 7, 2024

“We understand the critical role that thorough and efficient due diligence plays in successful investments. Dallas, TX May 07, 2024 --( PR.com )-- “SubjectData has a long history of supporting large PE firms and M&A transactions in the US,” said Kris Lamberth, Managing Partner of SubjectData.

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Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Look around online, and you will quickly discover that most coverage of venture capital interview questions is junk. No Right or Wrong Answers – Some technical questions have correct answers, but many market and investment ones do not. Market and Investment Questions – Which startup would you invest in?

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Start-ups Equity Marketability Terminal Value 59

IVSC

JUNE 6, 2023

Mr Barbosa was Professor of Commercial Law – Corporations of UERJ (2000-2001), corporate law in the Continuing Education Program of FGV-Rio (2007-2015) and Concrete Cases of Corporate Law and Capital Markets of FGV-Rio (2016-2018). Mary Barth IVSC Trustee and Vice Chair of the Financial Accounting Foundation Mary is the Joan E.

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Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Marketability 130

Lighter Capital

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Second Annual Australian Summit Outside of the sleek Macquarie Bank offices, a picturesque view of downtown Melbourne was the backdrop for the full-day event that brought founders, CEOs, and startup leaders from the Lighter Capital client portfolio together to connect. Moderated by Greg Bryan , Investment Director, Lighter Capital.

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Banking Finance Marketability Equity 59